Vesta Court in Lebanon, Missouri, Postcard

There were at least nine different real photo postcards from the Vesta Court in Lebanon, Missouri, according to Joe Sonderman's postcard collection website. Skip Curtis, in his book titled The Missouri US 66 Tour Book (1994), writes that the Vesta Court was built in 1937 and operated by Clayton Lein. The cafe and the Texaco gasoline station were added in 1952. In 1957 Marie and Bill Evans purchased the busines and re-named it the El Rancho Court. The property was razed long ago. Below the visitor can compare the image of the real photo postcard with the compressed and rough image that appeared as part of the matchbook: